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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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