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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand these open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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