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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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