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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. 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 MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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