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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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