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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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