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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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