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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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