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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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