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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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