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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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