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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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