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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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