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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners 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 issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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