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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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