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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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