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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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