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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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