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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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