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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating 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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