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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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