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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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