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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology enable learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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