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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes 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 online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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