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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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