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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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