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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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