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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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