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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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