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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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