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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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