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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around 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. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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