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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, South to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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