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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education