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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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