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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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