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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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