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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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