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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. 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 a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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