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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning enable students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum 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 issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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