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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have enabled learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations 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 we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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