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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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