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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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