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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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