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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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