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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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