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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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