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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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