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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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