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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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