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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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