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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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