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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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