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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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