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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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