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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education enable humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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