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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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