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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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