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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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