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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning enable students all over the world to take part in online classes. 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 MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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