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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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