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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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