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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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