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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the 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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