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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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