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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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