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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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