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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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