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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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