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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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