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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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