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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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