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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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