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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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