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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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