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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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