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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. 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 mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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