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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education