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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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