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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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