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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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