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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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