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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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