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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of 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 MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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