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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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