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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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