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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Korea, South to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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