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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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