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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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