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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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