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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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