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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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