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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses 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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