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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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