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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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