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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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