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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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