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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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