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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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