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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are enabling learners 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. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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