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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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