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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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