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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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