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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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