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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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