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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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