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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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