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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education initiatives. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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