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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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