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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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