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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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