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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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