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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also deals with the key 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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