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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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