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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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