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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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