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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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