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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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