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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews 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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