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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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