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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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