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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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