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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning have empowered students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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