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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. 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 MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOCs? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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