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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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