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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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