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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Philippines to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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