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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines 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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