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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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