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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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