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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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