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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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