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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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