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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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