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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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