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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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