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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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