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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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