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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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