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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners 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 generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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