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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Philippines to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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