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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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