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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition