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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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