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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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