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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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