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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning enable humans all over the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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