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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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