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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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