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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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