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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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