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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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