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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning have enabled learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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