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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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