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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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