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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not 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 many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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