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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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