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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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