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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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