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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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