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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Philippines to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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