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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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