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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning enable people all over the world to take 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 online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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