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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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