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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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