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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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