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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education are providing the means for humans 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. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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