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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning make it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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