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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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