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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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