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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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