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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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