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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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