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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning have empowered students 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. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand these new open educational ventures. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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