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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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