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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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