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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in e-learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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