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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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