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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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