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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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