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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in digital education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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