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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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