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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in 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 massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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