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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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