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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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