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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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