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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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