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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning enable students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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