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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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