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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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