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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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