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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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