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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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