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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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