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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling people 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 MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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