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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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