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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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