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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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