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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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