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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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