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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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