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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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