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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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