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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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