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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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