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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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