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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are normally 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 several topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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