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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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