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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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