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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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