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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. 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 several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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