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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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