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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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