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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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