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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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