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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education enable students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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