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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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