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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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