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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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