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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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