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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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