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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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