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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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