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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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