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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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