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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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