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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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