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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around 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 free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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