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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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