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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open education initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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