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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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