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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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