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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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