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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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