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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning have enabled learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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