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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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