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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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