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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education enable learners in all parts of the world 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 classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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