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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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