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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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