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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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