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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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