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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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