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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand these new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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