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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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