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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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