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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning technology enable students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition