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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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