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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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