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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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