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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Philippines to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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