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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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