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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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