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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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