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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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