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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Philippines to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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