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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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