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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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