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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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