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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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