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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Korea, South to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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