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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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