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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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