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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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