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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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