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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies 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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