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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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