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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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