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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models 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 we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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