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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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