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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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