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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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