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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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