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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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