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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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