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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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