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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the most important 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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