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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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