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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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