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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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