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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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