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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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