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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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