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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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