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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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