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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about 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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