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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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