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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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