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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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