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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education ventures. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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