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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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