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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major 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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