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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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