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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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