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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these open educational initiatives. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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