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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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