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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have empowered humans all over the world to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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