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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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