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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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