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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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