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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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