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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)