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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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