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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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