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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes 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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