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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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