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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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