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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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