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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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