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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important 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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