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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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