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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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