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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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