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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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