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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. 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. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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