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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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