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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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