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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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