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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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