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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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