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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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