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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning are enabling students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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