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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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