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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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