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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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