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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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