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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are empowering humans all over the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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