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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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