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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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