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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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