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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses 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 MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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