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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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