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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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