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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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