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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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