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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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