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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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