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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education enable students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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