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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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