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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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