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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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