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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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