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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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