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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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