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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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