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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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