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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education ventures. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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