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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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