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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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