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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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