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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. 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. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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