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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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