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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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