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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Korea, South to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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