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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also examines the key 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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