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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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