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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have empowered humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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