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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Abkhazia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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