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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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