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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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