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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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