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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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