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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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