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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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