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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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