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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, South to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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