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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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