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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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