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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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