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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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