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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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