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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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