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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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