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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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