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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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