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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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