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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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