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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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