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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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