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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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