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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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