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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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