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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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