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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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