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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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