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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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