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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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