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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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