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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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