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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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