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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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