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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are considering now that online education technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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