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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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