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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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