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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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