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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the key 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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