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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in 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 massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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