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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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