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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. 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 topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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