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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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