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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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