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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology are empowering people all over 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 MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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