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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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