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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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