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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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