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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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