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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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