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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also addresses the major 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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