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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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