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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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