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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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