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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses 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. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. People want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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