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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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