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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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