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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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