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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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