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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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