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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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