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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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