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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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