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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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