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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major 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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