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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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