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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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