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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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