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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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