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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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