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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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