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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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