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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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