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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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