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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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