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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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