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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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