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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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