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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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