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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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