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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open educational initiatives. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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