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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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