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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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