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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly 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 many issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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