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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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