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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning have enabled students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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