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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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