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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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