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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world 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 ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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