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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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