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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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