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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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