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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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