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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the key 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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