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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education