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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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