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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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