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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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