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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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