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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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