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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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