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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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