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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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