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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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