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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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