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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always 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 several issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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