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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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