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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, South to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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