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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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