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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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