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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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