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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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