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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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