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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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