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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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