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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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