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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Philippines to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp these open education ventures. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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