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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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