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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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