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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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