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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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