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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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