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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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