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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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