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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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