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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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