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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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