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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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