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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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