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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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