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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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