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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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