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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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