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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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