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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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