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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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