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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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