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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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