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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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