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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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