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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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