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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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