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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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