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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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