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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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