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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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