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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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