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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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