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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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