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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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