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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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