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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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