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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning enable students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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