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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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