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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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